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Power plants in Algeria

59 power-plant records · 15,874 MW reported capacity

  • Gas 53%
  • Solar 46%
  • Hydro 2%
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Algeria at a glance

Power-plant records
59
Reported capacity
15,874 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
1.1%
Most records
Gas, Solar
Capital
Algiers

Largest listed power plants

  1. 1Hadjret Ennous1,200 MW
  2. 2Koudiet Eddraouch1,200 MW
  3. 3Terga1,200 MW
  4. 4Msila 1980 MW
  5. 5Marsat840 MW
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Records by technology

Counts records, not generation share · coverage & dates

Reported capacity is the rated size of the listed installations, not electricity being produced now. Source dates and coverage differ, so newer facilities may be absent and historical records may remain.

How electricity works in Algeria

Vertically integrated utilityOne utility does everything

Gas supplies almost all electricity, with large solar plans.

  1. GenerationState utility
  2. TransmissionState utility
  3. DistributionState utility
  4. CustomersGovernment-set tariffs

Who regulates

  • CREGEnergy regulator

Who controls the grid

State-owned Sonelgaz runs generation, transmission and distribution.

Markets & power exchanges

No power exchange: the utility produces or buys electricity and sells it at set tariffs.

Regional grid

  • COMELEC · Maghreb gridRegional grid

    Member of COMELEC, the Maghreb Electricity Committee; North African grids are linked to each other and, through Morocco and Spain, to Europe.

What does “Vertically integrated utility” mean?

A single, usually state-owned utility generates, transmits and distributes electricity. Prices are set or approved by the government or a regulator rather than by a market.

References reviewed 2026-09-29. Logos are each organisation’s own site icon, shown to identify it. Selected organisations, not an exhaustive list of licence holders.

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ELECTRICITY IN 2024

How Algeria generates electricity

Electricity generated96.4 TWh
Renewable share1.1%
Low-carbon share1.1%
Carbon intensity632.9 gCO₂e/kWh

Electricity mix 2024

Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)

Hydro0.02 TWh
Wind0.02 TWh
Solar0.99 TWh
Bioenergy0 TWh
Other renewables0 TWh
Nuclear0 TWh
Coal0 TWh
Gas95 TWh
Other fossil0.33 TWh

Missing categories are labelled “No data”. Rounding can cause small differences from the reported total.

Source: Ember (2026), processed by Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 · Snapshot 24 April 2026. Method & download details.

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Geography and data notes

Algeria is in Northern Africa. Its coastal or island geography provides a different setting for electricity infrastructure from inland systems. This profile connects country reference information with the historical station inventory and reported electricity generation.

Capital
Algiers
Languages
Arabic
Region
Northern Africa

Geographic reference: Countries geographic database (ODbL). Boundaries and names are for orientation; language listings are introductory, not exhaustive. Banner map: Natural Earth boundaries (public domain) with this atlas’s station records.

The source inventory contains 59 records for Algeria. Select a fuel in the map to explore where its stations are located, then open a record to inspect reported capacity and provenance.

Inventory coverage

59 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.

39 lack an owner/operator; 38 lack a commissioning year.

Coverage, dates & exclusions
THE GENERATION INVENTORY

List of power plants in Algeria

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Browse 59 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.

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